Yeah, I checked it out recently and everything that I wanted to look at said
"You can not enrol yourself in this course." above a CONTINUE button.
Maybe I’m doing something wrong?
So I gather that Moodle is an online teaching tool but I haven’t seen anyone post a moodle link. What’s the 411 on Moodle in regards to DMS?
Many people of different cults observe many sacred gathering times. I didn’t mean to tread on the PR committee’s sacred ground by conflating “afternoon” with “evening”. 1,000 apologies. To make up for it, I’ll insert my standard mantra when advising someone to choose a date/time for their project: just pick what’s best for you, and see how it works out; adjust as necessary. So if Sunday between 12:01 and 23:59 is your chosen window, go for it. Some will attend. Some will not. Some will make excuses for their attending, or not attending. Some will make complimentary excuses. Some will not. Just do your thing.
I am nominally in the group, but have had virtually zero time to be helpful.
Not that I can think of, but, see above about my ability to be immersed. I defer to Nancee to know the most recent movings and shakings.
I’ll defer to Nancee, again. The usual action items are, of course, de facto: help folks get classes up and running; help folks get things prepped for Moodle if applicable (we REALLY want to do this, but it’s not as easy as folks tend to think to bring together all the players in that arena).
So, I’m sure you’ll be welcomed with open arms and encouraged to have a meeting any time you’d like and any classes you can get moving will be wonderful. Thank you for making the effort. I hope I can participate in some facet of the expanded push for training development.
Sorry for coming off as hostile or too critical or whatever. I had more than my standard allotment of caffeine on a slow day at work and your reply felt dismissive.
So I take it Sunday is no good for you? 
Obviously no time is perfect for everyone, just throwing it out there since hopefully if we’re adding tours there will be people on hand to talk about it, similar to how Steve has been scheduling PR meetings before tour nights.
Nope. That’s how it all is presently, I think. Except 3d printing. Try that course, if you haven’t. Just for the experience. I think it’s the only one available for self-enrolment (yep, complete with the misspelling that Moodle insists is “the right way”).
Like jast said, only 3d printing is currently available. The other courses are being worked on by others but I am sure they could use some help. If there is a subject you wish to add please let me know and we can get you set up.
the 411 I would say is that there is no consensus. As each committee has their own way of doing things. Some committees dont want to do it because they will lose funding, but it also makes it hard for new people to gain access to tools.
I will try to be at the space on Sunday but it probably wont be till 6 or 7.
I’d love to see Moodle somehow count successful completions. For each unique student certified in a specific class, I’d grant that committee $5 of honorarium.
Just my one cent worth …
I think I’m starting to get the picture…
learn.dallasmakerspace.org is powered by Moodle?
And all of the classes that look available are actually works in progress?
I’m going through the 3D printing course to get a feel for it.
Thanks much (blushing). I’d like to get that class on Moodle … the handout I wrote is extensive (with pictures) and would probably be a good start. Most of the material wouldn’t need video.
Somehow I (a) haven’t found the time and (b) haven’t learned anything about authoring in Moodle …
FWIW, for other folks - I just started doing an oral quiz. I identified the few crucial points, typed up a simple question for each, and everyone in the class read one question out loud and answered it. Five questions, usually four participants - I can answer the fifth one as needed. 
I like this practice and will repeat it.
I looked into that as it’s not something that is inherently in Moodle. I got quotes from 3 sites and the quotes varied from $900 to $5k for the work requested. I have followed up due to other obligations. If anyone else wants to take this over I can “pass the torch”.
Correct. Some classes that were being built have stalled as people’s lives get busy. If there is a subject anyone wants to do I can put you in touch with who started it and hopefully you can finish it.
I was redoing the CNC class so most of the classroom part would be online but I have not been able to finish it. I talked to Kee and Chris G about it a while back to allow for the vcarve or fusion “path” and needed to restructure it a bit.
Where’s the code hosted? I’d like to have a look.
It sounds quick and easy, so I fear I’ve misunderstood. We just want to log successful course completions?
Source: https://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git;a=summary
Plugin Documentation: https://docs.moodle.org/dev/Plugin_types
We host it on one of our AWS instances
I’ve done a lot of presentation development over the years at work - Official curriculum for certification training, beta software release training, new release update training, and much more. I’ve presented to groups as small as 3 and as large as 380.
I posted some template slide decks on the wiki server that are designed to help n00bs organize their thoughts in a productive way to create effective material.
Put me down for this SIG.
Ok I wrote a script to read successful course completions from moodle and act on them. Can anyone get me a copy of the sql database from our live moodle server to test it on, or is that a server I can access?
Is the sig meeting in person anytime soon?
I just posted a meeting for next Sunday at 4PM.
I’ll be at the space pretty much all day that Sunday for other classes.
I have no idea how to moodle, but I used to create training courses for artists who’s first language was not English so I have at least a little bit of experience in that department.
Hello everyone. Sorry I haven’t been checking my emails on here for sometime. Tom, I appreciate your interest and motivation, and I’m willing to help in any way I can. I’d be happy to meet with you and show you Moodle, discuss what’s happened so far, and discuss why I haven’t been as active this year. Feel free to call or text me at 314–477–4477.
Hey Nancee!
No need to apologize, what you started was inspiring enough for me to try to carry it on, so thanks for the work you’ve put in. You’ve built a good foundation!
I definitely need help in the Moodle department. Since Alex made me a manager on there I haven’t been able to figure out how to do a thing.
I’ll shoot you a text. I’m booked up until this Tuesday though.
Great! I’ll teach you what i know.
in the meantime, there are a couple power points you could look at that are listed at the bottom of the Training Development SIG wiki page. They are about instructional design and how to write training courses. I don’t know if you already know this content or not, but you might find it helpful.
I did see those, but I haven’t gone over them as thoroughly as I’d like, then I forgot where I found them. Thanks for bringing that up.
I gotta say I love the terminology! Your documentation gave me a lot of useful terms, and I’m a fan of initialisms FWIW (haha)